Wailupe Quarries, Oahu (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• age from coral samples 134-113 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef and near-reef deposits
• limestones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89302: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Patellida - Nacellidae
Cellana exarata
Cellana exarata Nuttall 1839 limpet
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Drupa morum
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Cheilea dillwyni
Cheilea dillwyni hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna perdix
Tonna perdix tun shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra astricta
Mitra astricta mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pisania ignea
Pisania ignea true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus nanus, Conus nussatella, Conus rattus, Conus tulipa
Conus nanus cone shell
Conus nussatella Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata, "Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata Swainson 1822 cowry
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
subsp. ostergaardi
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Acar plicata, Barbatia (Abarbatia) hendersoni
Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
[entered as Acar plicatum]
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scutarcopagia scobinata
Scutarcopagia scobinata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam